4 capitals: Nizhny Novgorod, Cheboksary, Yoshkar-Ola, Kazan

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We invite you to take a tour of the colorful capital cities. You will visit 4 interesting, original cities, differing in their architecture and atmosphere. You will get acquainted with the history of the peoples of Russia and taste a variety of cuisine.

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Nizhniy Novgorod

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Tour highlights

Panoramas of Nizhny Novgorod

We will see the confluence of the Volga and the Oka, the most beautiful temples, ancient merchant houses, the impregnable Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin

Amazing Yoshkar-Ola

We will see a small "Amsterdam", the Bruges embankment, where the houses are built in the Flemish style, an Italian garden and even a corner of ancient Moscow

Cheboksary beer

If desired, we will be able to taste five beers at the Museum of the History of Brewing

Legends of the Millennial Kazan

Let's enjoy the original beauty of Kazan, find out where the countless treasures of the Kazan Khans are stored, and where the cauldron boiled without fire

Itinerary

Day 1 - Sightseeing tour of Nizhny Novgorod
If you arrive in Nizhny Novgorod early, you can take your belongings to your hotel's luggage room on your own and drive up to the gathering place of the group on Lenin Square at the Lenin monument by 11:25.
We recommend trains arriving in Nizhny Novgorod before 11:10.
11:00-11:20 Meeting with a representative of the tour operator at the railway station.
The meeting place with the representative of the tour operator is in the central hall of the station, at the souvenir kiosk to the left of the exit.
Boarding the bus. Things on the bus.
Check-in after the excursion program (early check-in is possible for an additional fee).
11:25 Independent arrival at Lenin Square.
Meeting with a representative of the tour operator.
Boarding the bus.
11:30 Departure for the excursion program.
A bus and pedestrian sightseeing tour of the city awaits you.
During the tour you will get acquainted with one of the most ancient and picturesque cities, which is famous for its rich history and incredible panoramas.
You will see the place where two great rivers merge – the Volga and the Oka.
The place of their confluence is called "Strelka" and is located right at the foot of the Woodpecker Mountains, on which the historical mountainous part of the city is located.
The mountains are 80 meters high and create a wonderful natural platform for contemplating the Nizhny Novgorod landscapes.
You will visit places with truly amazing views: in a Steep alley, at the monument to Chkalov.
Nizhny Novgorod is known as the "Homeland" of the people's militia of 1612, the merchant capital, the symbol of which remains the Nizhny Novgorod Fair.
Not far from the fair you will see a monumental cathedral built in the forms of ancient Russian architecture – Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.
On Rozhdestvenskaya Street you will see the most beautiful church in Russia – the Church of the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary – a masterpiece of the "Russian Baroque".
This elegant building with fine white stone carvings impresses with its beauty, slimness and grandeur.
During the tour you will have the opportunity to admire merchant mansions, apartment buildings on the streets of Ilyinskaya, Rozhdestvenskaya, Nizhnevolzhskaya embankment, see the famous squares of the city and monuments to K. Minin and D. Pozharsky, M. Gorky, V. Chkalov.
13:30 Our tour will continue on the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin.
Here you will be transported to the fortress city and get acquainted with the history of the creation of an ancient fortification, with the legends and legends that surround the construction of the towers of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin.
During a walk through the Kremlin, you can see: the monument to the founders of the city – George Vsevolodovich and St. Simon, the famous Mikhailo-Arkhangelsk Cathedral, the obelisk in honor of Minin and Pozharsky, the Arakcheevsky cadet corps, the airplane building ("House of Soviets"), the Governor's House, the alley-exhibition of military equipment in the open air "Gorkovchane - to the front."
14:30 Lunch at a cafe in the city.
15:30 Walking tour along B. Pokrovskaya street.
To take a promenade along Bolshaya Pokrovskaya – is it possible to deny yourself this pleasure?
Nizhny Novgorod residents have been coming here for more than two hundred years to see others and show themselves, listen to street musicians, make a wish from a bronze Cheerful Goat, admire ancient buildings, and at the same time buy gifts for themselves and all their family in the unique center "Arts and Crafts".
Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street is one of the oldest streets in Nizhny Novgorod.
It is named so after the Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos, which stood on it.
The street connects the 4 main squares of the city: Minin and Pozharsky Square, Theater Square, Gorky and Lyadov Squares.
This street can be called an open-air museum, as its architecture preserves the memory of merchant Nizhny Novgorod.
Also on Bolshaya Pokrovskaya is the majestic Central Bank building, which looks more like a castle.
Pokrovka is a pedestrian street with a length of 2 km 230 meters, closed to traffic on it.
16:30 Visit to the Rukavishnikov Manor Museum.
The museum building is truly a royal palace both outside and inside.
The facade is decorated with angels and caryatids.
A magnificent wrought-iron gate leading to the courtyard of the building.
Inside, the grand staircase, the ballroom, the decor of the ceiling and walls are admired.
17:30 The end of the excursion program on Minin Square.
Boarding the bus.
Transfer to the hotel.
Self-check-in.
The hotel is at least 3* (possible accommodation options "Ibis", "Marins Park Hotel", "Sail", "Botany loft", "Courtyard Marriott").
Attention! At the reception, you can independently clarify whether they can arrange an early breakfast for you, if not, then order a lunch box yourself.

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Day 2 - Sightseeing tours of Cheboksary and Yoshkar-Ola
Self-receipt of a lunch box, check-out from the hotel, things on the bus.
Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby: 06:20 Ibis 3* 06:30 Courtyard 4*.
Transfer to Lenin Square.
06:45 start of boarding on Lenin Square (For tourists staying at the Marins Park Hotel 48)
7:00 Departure from Nizhny Novgorod from Lenin Square, Lenin monument. Transfer to Cheboksary.
The estimated travel time is 3.5-4 hours. (250 km.)
11:00 Arrival in Cheboksary.
Sightseeing tour of the city.
During the tour, you will see a number of sights of the capital of Chuvashia, which are located on the shores of Cheboksary Bay, including the grandiose monument to the Patron Mother.
You will walk along the shore of the bay with a magnificent view of the water surface, the gushing fountains, white stone cathedrals, see the buildings of the administrative part of Cheboksary, an unusual building of the River station.
12:00 Lunch at a cafe in the city.
13:00 Visit to the Museum of the History of Brewing.
About four thousand exhibits will tell you about the history of brewing from the fourth millennium BC to the present day.
If desired, you can taste five hundred-gram beers in a single set.
Moreover, it is written next to each sample that exactly you will try.
14:00 Transfer to Yoshkar-Ola.
Estimated travel time is 1 hour 15 min. (93 km.)
15:30 Arrival in Yoshkar-Ola.
Visit to the T. Evseev National Ethnographic Museum.
This is the oldest museum in the Republic of Mari El, which has unique museum objects and museum collections.
One of the founders of the museum, and later its director, was Timofey Evseevich Evseev, an ethnographer, local historian, head of the Mari Society of Local Historians, who made a huge contribution to the study and preservation of the traditional culture of the Mari people.
17:00 Sightseeing tour of Yoshkar-Ola.
This is an amazing city of the 16th century, which has a lot of interesting places worthy of tourists' attention.
The sights of Yoshkar-Ola are so diverse that everyone will find something interesting and memorable for themselves: the cascade fountain "Peter and Fevronia", monuments to the Virgin Mary, Archangel Gabriel, Patriarch Alexy II.
New buildings in the form of castles look amazing and unusual.
For example, the puppet theater is a scaled–down copy of Yurinsky Sheremetyevo Castle, it has a clock with 12 apostles on it -a sculptural composition repeating the famous gospel story with a wonderful chant.
The bright attraction of Yoshkar-Ola is the Mari chimes, the clock on the central tower of the National Art Gallery.
The history of the icon of the Mother of God "Troeruchnitsa" is presented here in miniature.
All this is accompanied by a musical introduction and the sound of bells.
You won't see this anywhere!
The capital of Mari El has its own small "Amsterdam", and the Bruges embankment, where houses are built in the Flemish style, an Italian garden and even a corner of ancient Moscow.
The panoramas of the city fascinate the eye.
Walking through the streets and squares of Yoshkar-Ola, you can fall in love with this stunning and fabulously beautiful city once and for all!
19:00 Check-in at the hotel.
Virginia 3* or Eureka 3*.
Free time.

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Day 3 - Sightseeing tour of Kazan
7:00 Breakfast at the hotel, check-out, things on the bus.
8:00 Transfer from Yoshkar-Ola to the city of Kazan.
The estimated travel time is 2 hours (150 km).
10:00 Arrival in Kazan.
Sightseeing bus tour of the capital of Tatarstan "Legends and secrets of the millennial Kazan".
You can enjoy the original beauty of Kazan, see with your own eyes the bright colors of its streets and squares, find out where the countless treasures of the Kazan Khans are stored, and where the cauldron boiled without fire, by going on a sightseeing tour.
The sights of the millennial city combine the culture of the West and the traditions of the East: The Old Tatar settlement, where the Tatar population lived since the XVI century, the Cloth Settlement - industrial transformations of Peter I, fountain Square, Kaban Lake — its secrets and legends, the stylized village "Tugan avylym ("Native Village"), the new Puppet Theater, Kazan University, Freedom Square — the cultural and administrative center of Kazan.
The oldest mosque of Marjani and the Bogoroditsky Monastery, which houses one of the oldest lists of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God.
Excursion "White Stone fortress".
The Kazan Kremlin is the main attraction of the city, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
It is the official residence of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan and the state museum–Reserve, which is visited by thousands of tourists every year.
The white Stone Kremlin is the heart of the ancient city, embodying the culture of the West and the east.
The minarets of the main mosque of the city of Kul Sharif soared up here (visit) and the domes of the oldest Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation sparkle with gold (visit).
In the mosque, women are given headscarves, but there are a limited number of them, we recommend taking them with you. There are no clothing requirements.
On the territory of the fortress there is one of the symbols of Kazan – the famous "falling" tower of Hanshi Syuyumbike.
13:00 Lunch at a cafe in the city.
14:00 Walking tour "Kazan Arbat".
Bauman Street is a favorite place for Kazan residents and guests to walk, a meeting place for lovers.
During the tour you will make many amazing discoveries — placers of fountains, the bell tower and the Church of the Epiphany, where Fyodor Chaliapin was baptized, the Chaliapin monument itself, the National Bank building, the zero meridian.
You will get acquainted with Su Anasi and learn the history of the Kazan cat, near the monument to which it is always lively.
Out of competition is a copy of the luxurious carriage on which Catherine II traveled around Kazan during her visit in 1767.
And the sparkling windows of souvenir shops beckon.
To visit Kazan and not take a tour of Bauman — the oldest street in the city — means not to see the most important thing.
15:00 Free time.
In your free time, you can visit the Kremlin Embankment, a pedestrian zone along the Kazanka River.
It has a length of about one and a half kilometers – from the Kremlin to the NCC Kazan.
The so-called "walking" area consists of 2 walking paths.
The one that is located further from the shore is located almost along its entire length under a frame connecting various pavilions and gazebos.
There is also a wide asphalt strip on the embankment, designed for roller skating, skateboarding and cycling.
Children's road trains purchased by the municipality in Italy also run along it.
In addition to all of the above, the Kremlin Embankment boasts a well–developed entertainment infrastructure - there are many bars, restaurants and cafes on it.
A huge number of luxurious sculptures of various architectural forms.
Modern sports grounds.
In winter, it is a lighted skating rink, which is one of the largest in Europe by area.
17:00 You have the opportunity to finish the excursion program in Kazan or take our bus back to Nizhny Novgorod.
23:00-00:00 Approximate arrival in Nizhny Novgorod.

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Difficulty

Suitable for everyone

Accommodation

Hotel

2 nights

Comfort

Upscale
Premium

The tour provides accommodation in hotels in Nizhny Novgorod (Ibis 3*/ Marins Park Hotel 4*/ Sail 3*/ Botany loft /Courtyard Marriott or similar) and in Yoshkar-Ola (Virginia 3*/ Eureka 3* or similar).

The cost of the tour for 1 person, depending on the accommodation, RUB.:

Double room	Triple room	Single room
23 400	23 400	29 400

Triple accommodation (3-bed room with 3 separate beds or a superior room with a separate bed on request).

Ibis 3 Hotel*

The modern Ibis international Hotel is located in Nizhny Novgorod, not far from the center, where the main attractions are located within walking distance. A guarded parking lot is provided for a private car, and a shuttle service is available.

Guests can stay in comfortable rooms with a private bathroom, air conditioning, TV, and all necessary furniture.

There is a restaurant with Mediterranean cuisine and a bar with an elegant interior. A buffet breakfast is served every morning.

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Hotel Botany loft 3*

The modern Botany Loft Hotel is located in Nizhny Novgorod. The train station and Moskovskaya metro station are nearby. It offers free parking and an airport shuttle service.

Rooms of different levels of comfort and capacity are prepared for accommodation. Each room is equipped with new furniture and necessary appliances. For the convenience of guests, all rooms are equipped with a flat-screen TV and a private bathroom.

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Hotel Parus 3*

The Parus Hotel is located in the central part of Nizhny Novgorod, surrounded by the main attractions. It has a number of advantages: good location, high-quality service, loyal prices. The staff works around the clock and is always ready to help.

The room fund contains cozy and stylish rooms designed in a single color scheme. Each room has a comfortable sleeping place, ergonomic furniture and modern appliances. The bathroom has personal hygiene products and a set of towels.

The hotel has a Bermuda Triangle restaurant, where you can order delicious and hearty dishes. Hot breakfasts are also served in the morning. There is a bar with a large selection of drinks.

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Marins Park Hotel 4*

Marins Park Hotel Nizhny Novgorod is located on Lenin Square in Nizhny Novgorod, next to the embankment of the Oka River. Inexpensive rooms with air conditioning, refrigerator, TV, orthopedic mattress, work area are prepared for accommodation. Tariffs are provided both with and without meals. A buffet breakfast is served in the morning. Meeting rooms and conference rooms are available. The hotel is 400 m from the Nizhny Novgorod Fair exhibition complex, the railway station and the Stadium. This is one of the few hotels that welcomes accommodation with loved ones, pets. In rainy weather, guests can use an umbrella for free.

For comfortable accommodation, inexpensive cozy rooms with a wide range of services are prepared. Rooms of various categories are available for guests, depending on the preferences and desires of the guests. The modern rooms of the hotel are equipped with air conditioning, a refrigerator, a large flat-screen TV, an orthopedic mattress, a comfortable work area, swan down pillows and hypoallergenic bed linen. The windows offer a picturesque view of the Volga River. The bathroom is equipped with personal hygiene products from the company Challet, terry bathrobes and a hairdryer.

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The Courtyard Hotel 4*

The Courtyard Nizhny Novgorod City Center Hotel is located in the city of the same name. A wide range of services is available to guests.

Rooms made in various categories are provided for accommodation. The rooms are designed in a European restrained style and a pleasant color scheme, each of which is furnished with the necessary set of furniture and appliances.